June 25, 2013

A Norfolk Southern freight train collided with a passenger car just before noon, Tuesday at the same rail crossing where a vehicle was struck last Thursday.

According to Conover police officials, the driver of a white Chevrolet Impala was crossing the railroad on 2nd Avenue Place SE after leaving Southern Furniture Company and was struck by an eastbound freight train loaded with gravel.

June 24, 2013

Junius Robert Gaither, Jr. (Bob), 90, of Newton, passed away at home early Sunday morning June 23, 2013. The Gaither family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton.

June 21, 2013

Jimmy Lowell Campbell, 84, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. The Campbell family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremations in Conover.